Sometimes a new technology has the power to transform an entire sector. This is what co-founders Lily Liu and Vincent Polidoro are working to do with their company, PublicStuff. Their powerful product uses internet and mobile phone technology to facilitate local and state government’s ability to respond efficiently to citizen issues and concerns ranging from potholes to wild animals. By automating both reporting and response functions, they have…
“Riding a wave of start-ups, New York has emerged a national leader in fields that leverage the Internet and mobile technologies—a development that has provided a key economic boost and left the city well positioned for future tech growth” Yesterday, a study called “New Tech City” was released by the Center for an Urban Future authored by Jonathan Bowles and David Giles. The study looked at 486 technology…
Roughly 30 years according to a recent Forbes article. Once upon a time concerns over lack of access to tech talent and startup funding might have kept entrepreneurs at bay, today a New York office is becoming de rigeur for West Coast players and Facebook and tech venture powerhouse Accel Partners have made the leap east. Today, business incubators are helping develop the startup scene and a robust…
Creative Week is a celebration of creativity in advertising, design, digital media and all the arts that feed and touch those disciplines. It takes place in New York throughout the second week of May 2012. Creative Week began when The One Club, a non-profit in the Advertising industry, saw that the creative professionals it drew to New York each year for its One Show Festival presented an excellent…
David McCoy and Global Alliance for Community Development – A Series of Tiny Wins
by / ⠀Entrepreneur Interviews• Startup Advice / May 4, 2012How do you create a non-profit organization from scratch? According to David McCoy, co-founder and executive director of the Global Alliance for Community Development (GACD), you start with vision and commitment, and build on it, one small step at a time. After he and co-founder Christina Perelli worked on a graduate school development project in Ghana, they found that they wanted to stay connected to the communities where…
Maybe I’m biased about the New York Entrepreneurship scene because I’ve lived in and around New York my whole life, but the more I think about the explosion of startup activity here, the more I think that all of us who are part of this are really lucky. If you want to launch and grow your startup, come to New York. Under30ceo covered 11 tech accelerators and incubators…
In addition to creating its own apps, NYC supports developers creating innovative apps for fellow New Yorkers. The NYC BigApps competition offers cash and other prizes for the best new apps utilizing NYC Open Data. These apps help New Yorkers navigate, enjoy and take full advantage of their great city. Which do you use? Past Winners: Appetition Appetition is an empowering way to create, support, and promote location-based…
During social media back in February, the City launched four new central digital media channels to engage and inform New Yorkers. New York City government is now on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and foursquare. This is in addition to the numerous other social media accounts that departments across the city maintain. You can follow and get information from almost any department via NYC Social Media Sites. These accounts are…
Building Business and Raising Consciousness: foodtoeat.com’s Deepti Sharma Kapur
by / ⠀Entrepreneur Interviews• Startup Advice / April 26, 2012One of my favorite parts of doing these interviews is learning about a hidden gem buried in what seems like an otherwise straightforward business concept. In the case of Deepti Sharma Kapur, 25-year-old founder and CEO of foodtoeat.com, her business plan contains within it the seeds of a progressive social movement. Her company provides an online service that allows people to order food from restaurants, foodtrucks and food…
“The students who walk our halls represent the next generation of young people who dare to dream that anything is possible through software, design, technology, and the human spirit.” – AFSE Right in the heart of New York Cities tech center, Union Square, a new school will be opening for future tech engineers. The Academy for Software Engineering will be opening next fall with its first class of…